Combined measure and funnel



(No Model.)

. 0. SGHORSE.

COMBINED MEASURE AND FUNNEL.

' Patented Feb. 14,1882;

, I flZ'ZWFZZa ya UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO SOHORSE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED M EASURE AND FUNNEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,633, dated February 14, 1882.

Application filed October 10,188]. (No model.) L

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OTTO SCHORSE, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Measure and Funnel; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. 1

My invention relates to a combined measuring-cup and funnel, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my device; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the same, an d Fig. 3 another perspective, showing the devicein position for emptying its contents into a demijohn or can and supported from within the neck or top of the latter solely by the funnel-like spout of m y device.

A represents the cup or measure proper, holding an exact quantity, such as a pint ora quart. The accuracy of the'measure is secured by means of the wire or red B, secured to the upper inner portion of the measure, which rod is capable of being bent until the apex of .its angle exactly coincides with the upper surface of liquid poured from a standard measure,

rendering my device perfectly accurate ever after. It will of course be understood that the wire or rod B is only secured at one end to my measure before the described bending, after which the other end of the wire or rod is secured to the exact point required by a drop of solder or cement. The cup is extended up above the main or measuring portion, forming the slanting extension O,in the form and about to the relative height shown in the drawings, and this extension is half closed by top piece, D,whi1e the spout E projects from the highest point of the extension and slants in precisely the same direction. The spout E is preferably fluted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for the purpose of more readily permitting the air to escape through the neck or top of the vessel being filled.

I have shown my device with a bead, F, around the upper part of the cup at about the height of the top of the handle; but this is immaterial, as the whole cup part, including the slanting extension, may be cut from a single tinned sheet and rolled into proper shape, or the said extension with its top piece and spent may be applied to an old-style measure, already.

made, at a tritlin g additional expense, and the rod B may of course be soldered into place equally well in either event.

In Fig. 3 I have shown my device in use. The emptying of heavy oilssuch as casteroil and lubricating-oils-from a measure into the can or demijohn of the customer is a slow process, and tiresome, especially when funnel and ineasurehave both to beheld byhand until the whole operation is completed. With my device, when the measure is partially emptied, so that there is sufficient weight in the can or demijohn to sustain it against the weightin the measure, or even at the start, when an ordinarily heavy can or demijohn is used, the funnel-like spout of my device inserted into the neck or top of the vessel to be filled is simplyleft there, supporting the cup and contents, as shown, until the last drophasleft themeasure. Thus my device is substantially selfsupporting, without the necessity of holding the measure to the last, as formerly, and the angle of inclination of the cup and extension and of the funnel-spout is such that theliquid is nowhere obstructed--an end further assured by the fact that the spout is placed at the extreme point of extension and in direct line with the inclination. or slant of the closed toppiece, D, which I have ascertained by experiment to be the best location and angle for rapidly and thoroughly emptying the measure, and which I regard, therefore, as an essential feature of my invention. This spout, as stated, is preferably fluted, but could be made smooth in circumference without departing from the spirit of my invention in the feature above named.

Heretofore by the separateuse of funnel and measure it often happens that a funnel which has been used for one special liquid is inadvertently misplaced and put with the measure used for another, and thus the entire liquid measured out is a dead loss, besides requiring much time and trouble forthe subsequent necessary cleansing of all the utensils used. Itis. customary in stores where oils, liquors, and

other liquids are sold to have separate cups and funnels for each variety of liquid; but my device can be made and sold at such reasonable figures that the whole device would cost much less than the separate cup and funnel, and all danger ofmixing the utensils would be avoided, besides which it is much more easily handled than are two separate utensils,and the manner of verifying and assuring the measure by bending the rod to the point indicated by liquid from astandard measure insures perfeet accuracy, which few of the so-called measures now upon the market possess.

Ordinarilymy deviceis constructed of sheet tin; but it may be made of glass, porcelain, metal of any kind, wood, paper, or a combination of these, or of any material desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- J I 1. In the construction of measuring-cups, the method of fixing the gage-point, consisting in placing a cross wire or rod at the supposed point and bending this rod at the center until its apex coincides with the surface of an exact quantityof liquidfrom ast-andard measure,as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, the combined measuring-cup and funnel described, consisting of the cup A, extension 0, bent rod B, half-cover D, and spout E, arranged relatively to each other as showmand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I olaiin the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of October,1881.

OTTO SGHORSE.

Witnesses:

HAROLD G. UNDERW 00D, HENRY HoVERsoN. 

